10 million people a year, or one person for three seconds, could die by 2050. Because of antibiotic resistance – according to a report published on Thursday, British economist Jim O’Neill, who calls for a change in approach to antibiotic therapy.
O’Neill, who made a report commissioned by the British government believes that the need to prevent the excessive use of antibiotics to treat. To this end, proposes the creation of a research fund of 2 billion dollars, significantly reducing the use of antibiotics in farming and financing of laboratories developing new antibiotics.
As stated in the report, from the beginning of the work on this document, or from the middle of 2014 more than one million people worldwide have died from infection associated with resistance to antibiotics. It is estimated that this balance could rise to an additional 10 million annually by 2050, which would mean more deaths than cancer, and cost the world economy up to 100 trillion.
O’Neill suggests that you need to force the pharmaceutical industry to apply the principle of “pay or play” (pay or take part). Pharmaceutical companies must either conduct research and develop new antibiotics, or finance such activities to other manufacturers.
The author of the report considers it necessary to prohibit doctors prescribing antibiotics before they carry out rapid tests to confirm that the infection is bacterial surface of eradicating antibiotics, not viral, for which antibiotics do not work.
“We must stop reaching for antibiotics like the candy, as it happens around the world today” – he stressed. He added, however, that they have created incentives for the creation of such tests, which currently does not exist.
He also appealed for a broad campaign to reduce the use of antibiotics in animals. “In many parts of the world, may be the major economies, the use of antibiotics in animals is higher than in humans and this means that here too high abuse”, – said.
O’Neill intends to present its proposals for the G20 meeting in China and the special session of the UN General Assembly. (PAP)
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